How old do you say your LO is?

aquariogirl

Every time someone asks me how old my baby is it tell the "he is 2 months old, adjusted, he was actually born in April...so he is 4 months"

I give all that explanation even to the mail man. I can't help it. I know that if I just say 2 months (his adjusted age) I'll be probably fine. Bc if I say he is 4 months then I'll get the whole "ohh he is so tiny blah blah".

And what would happen when he is one year old all of a sudden , at  10 month adjusted age?

 

What age do you give when people ask? I know it'll be easier once he is older. But now it is confusing.  

jcsntms06

I give them her actual age and if they make comments about her being small I throw out there, that she is a preemie.

zoeyandsummersmom

Hahaha. Random strangers I tell them DD is 4 months old. She is failure to thrive and is very tiny (not even on the growth charts) for 8 months.

I still get people commenting on how tiny she is for 4 months. It is just not worth the ensuing conversation about her health issues to tell them the truth.

DrRx

I say to everyone, including strangers, what her actual age is.  Usually they say that she is so small and I then say that she is a 26 week preemie, so she's come a long way!

 

JuliaJAG

I used to give the 5-minute-long explanation, but my DH has always answered with corrected age. I've started doing this too now, although usually I'll say "He's the equivalent of 3 months" or whatever. If they ask further, I'll explain, but I'm sick of explaining. LOL

AlwaysSunny925

I used to give adjusted age only.  Now I give actual age and if someone comments on their size I say they were preemies.  Most of the time people don't though.  It's like they don't know what size a full term 10 month old should be or they aren't listening when I answer their question. 

PhillyGal34

i give his actual age... then when inevitably they say how small he is I say "compared to the 3 pounds he was when he was born he's actually quite large" if they are rude about it and if they are nice I just say that he was a preemie and that he was born over 8 weeks early.  I don't get into the adjusted age at all.  

nicole0066

jcsntms06:

I give them her actual age and if they make comments about her being small I throw out there, that she is a preemie.

This is what we do as well. 

Pips09

I give her actual age, and if they comment on her size, I just say she was born early, so is small for her age.

Mrs. Alice

I've always given actual age and then depending on the situation and/or their response, I explain they preemies so they are more like a baby of their adjusted age.

lemen99

Adjusted, because my 26-weeker looked and acted closer to his adjusted age.  For all practical purposes, he was like a baby of his adjusted age.  It would be weird and confusing to use actual without explanation. 

 

For my 35-weeker, I just used actual although he's behind, it's not as big of a gap.

pathfindermon

I always give his actual age.

rednelson

I've always used his adjusted age when random strangers ask.  For people I may see again (friends of friends, etc) I'll give his actual and if they comment I'll add in that he was a preemie.  Now that he's starting to catch up, I've been surprised when I've had a stranger actually say that he was big for his age.  I guess pretty soon I might just have to use his actual.

urbanflowerpot

Now I say he's 16 mo and leave it at that unless I think they're sizing him up and I get insecure then I start babbling about being 10 weeks early.

Back then I'd usually say his adjusted age or just smile and say, "he's a NB." or go straight for the "but he came early."

^^ depended on my mood and if I was feeling social/talkative :P 

HEmery

I say actual because besides developmentally, every thing is calculated for his actual age. 

 

 

drunkindonuts

Actual age, but depending on the response I may say she is a preemie.  

Mommy2CB

When DS was a newborn/little I would say his actual age but then say "but he was 6+ wks early). 

As he got older it became apparent that he didn't really have any delays so I got used to just saying his actual age  

haziedaze

I went with adjusted age until about 2-3 months ago. Now I say actual and if ppl press about milestones I'll explain that he was a preemie.